Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-19
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"Oh. YES. sir,'' cried Stuart, the color
coming back to his face. sI'd be glad te
do anything to pay you"
every well; report to me tomorrow
morning at my factory. I'll see what
can do for you"
Mr.. Pieffer turned away, and withou,
another word went into the house and
closed the door.
With feeling of profound relief Stuart
went home and told his mother all about
that piece Of costly fun, its tragic ending
and the bargain he had made.
s'Mr. Pieffer it a man to get the worth
Of the horse out Of you before he lets you
Co." was Mrs Wizards disarmament,
''but you did only what was rig hVl going
straight to him with the whole story, ~
son. 1t must have required q great deal
Of courage, and am proud Of you.'
Stuart was deeply touched by his
mothers praise, and the consciousness
that he deserved it made him almost happy
again, In spite of the load on his heart.
It was load that grew less with every
| day, for he soon became very useful in the
! factory, and as he wrote a good hand and
was quick at figures, he was put into the
office and taught how to keep books and
invoice goods. In this way he learned
every detail of the business.
It was very hard at first, Of course, for
| Stuart's great fault stood in the way of his
progress But no one could be very lazy
where Mr.. Pieffer was, he was such an en-
ergetic, Industrious man himself, and he
seemed to take peculiar pleasure in push
ing Stuart along.
Stuart ascribed this at first to malice
| and desire for revenge But he thought
different when he knew Mr.. Pieffer better.
He found out that kind heart beat under
that rough exterior and that the old gen.
tleman appreciated at their full value the
| virtues of truth, sincerity and manliness.
1t was two years before the subject of
the debt Stuart owed his employer was
mentioned between them. Then one day
Mr.. Pieffer called the young man into his
private Office.
GIVE been expecting for some time that
you would speak to me about that $500
you owe me, Willard" said he, "but you
have not mentioned it.
81 felt sure you would tell me when
had worked it out, sir" replied Willard
eff say 1 consider the debt paid now
you will be wanting to leave me, sup
pose" said Mr.. Pieffer
''Not if you want me to stay, sir. I
shall not go to school again. I am 18
years old and it is time began to help my
mother. I'll stay here if you want me to
do so, sir.''
Mr. Pieffer gave short laugh.
s'That's modest, Willard, when you
know as well as do that I couldn't get
along without you now. The day you
came to me like the brave, honest boy you
are, and confessed that you had killed my
horse, made up my mind that you were
the boy needed here. 1t was worth more
than 5000 to me to find some one on whose
truth and honesty could rely implicitly.
If you will stay with me, Willard, III
allow you good salary from this day for
ward and there'n be an excellent chance
of promotion to something a good deal
BETTER
Of course Willard stayed, and the 'tsome-
thing good deal better" proved to be .
junior partnership at the end of eight
years service.
So you see Stuart had reason to be
thankful that the principles Of honesty and
truth instilled into him by his widowed
mother led him to make the confession
which resulted in curing him forever Of
his great fault, and placing him In q
position of honor and trust.